Alii!! Welcome to Palau |
The flag of the Republic of Palau, independent since 1994 with pop. 20,600 located 1300 km SSW of Guam and 1600 km SE of Manila |
Palau is a short flight to the southwest of Guam towards the Philippines |
Main street of Malakal Island, Palau |
West Plaza Hotel on Malakal Island, the second main island of Koror State |
West Plaza is a local chain in Palau of inexpensive but bland hotels |
West Plaza Hotel, Malakal Island |
Palm Bay Bistro at the Red Rooster Brewery, Malakal |
Red Rooster Beer, Palau's National Beer |
Carp Island Resort would have been a better option for diving...saves the long boat ride each way |
Pirate's Cove, Malakal Island, Palau |
Pirate's Cove, Malakal Island, Palau |
Yamato Maru, Pirate's Cove, Malakal Island, Palau |
Yamato Maru, Palau |
Obis Ra Rubekul Belau - Office of the Council of Chiefs, Traditional Leaders of Palau, Malakal |
View from the bridge between Malakal and Koror, Palau |
Gas station and Mami Divers on a small island between Malakal and Koror |
Large Taiwanese hotel under construction at along the Malakal-Koror Bridge |
New hotel under construction midway across the Koror-Malakal Bridge |
The locals didn't seem thrilled about this... |
Malakol-Koror Bridge headed to "the city" |
Jive Bar & Grill, Koror |
Cloud building over Koror |
The Koror end of the Malakol-Koror Bridge |
A couple of restaurants at the end of the Malakol-Koror Bridge |
Late afternoo from the Malakol Bridge |
Traditional-style Palauan architecture |
Palauan building at the Koror side of the Malakol Bridge |
Scene of canoes and a shark, Koror |
Shell station on the main street of Koror |
Main Street, Koror, headed downtown |
Tin-sided house, Koror |
Palau Visitors Authority, Koror |
Tourism Awareness Week Palau "Our Heritage is our Tourism Industry" |
Palau tourism logo, Palau Visitors Authority |
Ngarachamayong Cultural Center, Koror, Palau |
Male sculpture, Ngarachamayong Cultural Center, Koror |
Female sculpture, Ngarachamayong Cultural Center, Koror |
Palau Supreme Court, Koror |
Palau High School, Koror |
Koror, Palau |
Palau Red Cross Society, Koror |
Another painted building in Koror |
Typical painting on a traditional-style building in Palau |
Prince LeeBoo of Belau (1763-1784) who died of smallpox in London |
Bai - Traditional Palauan meetinghouse |
This thatched Bai is on the main street of Palau |
Story painted on the gable of the Bai, Koror |
War canoes painted on the gable of a Palauan Bai |
Palau National Gymnasium, Koror |
Palau Community College, Palau |
Anti-tobacco campaign, Palau |
Another thatched meeting house (Bai) in Koror |
Painting on the gable of a traditional meeting house (Bai) Koror |
Palm trees and tropical clouds, Koror |
Late afternoon thunderstorm, Palau |
Koror Fire Department, Palau |
Republic of Palau Postal Service, Koror |
...interesting to note the American ZIP code...96940 |
Palau Souvenir Shop cum German Consulate (Honorary) |
Life-size wooden sculpture at the Palau Shop, Koror |
Palau Shop, Main Street, Koror |
One Nation shop, Main Street, Koror |
Downtown Koror, Palau |
Palau Hotel, Koror |
WCTC Shopping Center, Koror |
Palasia Hotel Palau, Koror |
Monument written in Chinese with a skull on top, Koror |
Palau Supreme Court at night, Koror |
The Rock Island Cafe, Koror, Palau |
Belau (an alternative spelling of Pelau) National Museum |
Palau National Museum - closed today |
Spirit House, Belau National Museum |
Bai - Traditional Palauan Meetinghouse, Belau National Museum |
Traditional Palauan meetinghouse (Bai) at the Belau National Museum |
Bai depicting the story of the goddess MiIadeldid |
The goddess MiIadeldid giving birth to the four principle villages of Palau: Koror Aimeliik, Ngeremlengui, and Melekeok |
The goddess MiIadeldid bestowing kindness on the people of Palau |
MiIadeldid being brought back to life after drowning by the seven spirits |
Female fertility figure at the apex of the gable of the Bai of the Belau National Museum |
Bai - Traditional Palauan Meetinghouse |
Interior of the Bai, Belau National Museum |
Bai - Traditional Palauan Meetinghouse |
Bai - Traditional Palauan Meetinghouse |
Bai - Traditional Palauan Meetinghouse |
President Haruo Ignacio Remeliik (1933-1985) Koror, Palau |
Capitol of the State of Koror (city hall) |
Koror Capitol Building, Palau |
Etpison Museum of Palauan Art, Koror |
Etpison Museum of Palauan Art, Koror |
Etpison Museum of Palauan Art, Koror |
Etpison Museum of Palauan Art, Koror |
Etpison Museum of Palauan Art, Koror |
Bank of Guam, Koror |
Palau Pacific Resort |
Pool of the Palau Pacific Resort, Arakabesang Island |
Looking north at Ngarengeivog Bay from a viewpoint on Koror Island |
Walking to Sams Tours, Malakal Island, Koror |
Malakal Island |
Sam's Tours, a respectable operator in Palau |
Sam's Tours marine on the northwest corner of Malakal Island |
Thew view from Sam's Tours |
"Reel Time" at Sams's Tours marina, Malakal |
Wreck of a Taiwanese foreign fishing vessel impounded for illegal fishing in Palauan waters |
Sams's Tours marina, Malakal |
Tiger Shark, one of Sam's Tours dive boats |
The cove at Sam's Tours |
The sailboat Napilian anchored in the cove at Sam's Tours |
Palau Coast Guard patrol boat 001 President H.I. Remelik (103 ft, 162 tons, Australian built) |
Stone quarry on Malakal Island |
Northwest Malakal |
Is the Fana One awaiting the same fate? |
Taiwanese fishing boat tied up at Malakal |
Sam's Tours, Malakal, Palau |
The cove and marina at Sam's Tours, northwest Malakal Island |
Sam's Tours "Great White" |
Sam's Tours Marina, Malakal, Palau |
Sam's Tours, Malakal, Palau |
Palm trees, Malakal Island, Palau |
Traditional Palauan canoe, Malakal |
Palau Diving Center, another operator on Malakal |
Sunset from Sam's Tours, Palau |
Sunset from Sam's Tours, Malakal Island, Palau |
Sunset from Sam's Tours, Malakal Island, Palau |
Sunset from Sam's Tours, Malakal Island, Palau |
Sailboat at sunset |
Sunset from Sam's Tours, Malakal Island, Palau |
Sundowner at Sam's Bottom Time Bar & Grill, Malakal Island |
Red Rooster Draft Beer, Sam's Bottom Time Bar & Grill, Malakal Island, Palau |
Sam's Tour staff, Palau |